WASHINGTON, D.C.: Construction of new US homes dipped in April to its slowest pace in five months, a second consecutive decrease, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Analysts had instead been expecting an uptick in the pace of construction after March, when a winter storm in the Northeast likely held down activity among homebuilders.

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